Achmad Sukarsono and Sugita Katyal, Jakarta – Fears of disease gripped Indonesia's flood-hit capital on Friday with thousands of people living in…

Fabio Scarpello – When former rebel Irwandi Yusuf was sworn in on Thursday as the first directly elected governor of Indonesia's Aceh province,…

In little more than a decade, Indonesia has transformed itself from international pariah to indispensable regional power. Both George Bush and…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – After surviving Aceh's long struggle and even being jailed in 2003, former rebel leader Irwandi Yusuf has been installed…

Seth Mydans, Jakarta – Too many shopping malls in the city. Too many squatters on the riverbanks. Too many villas on the southern hillsides. Or a…

In between the nonstop television news coverage of the Jakarta floods this week was a report from Australia about a man plucked from a tree by a…

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – A study on corruption in Indonesia has found that although the government's political will to fight the crime…

In another day of testimony to a coroner's court in Glebe, Sydney, three former Timorese militiamen working for the Indonesian special forces…

Putting decades of armed conflict and the devastating tsunami behind it, Aceh will embark on a new era when the new governor takes office Thursday…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – West Sumatra's new local ordinance requiring all Muslim students and couples intending to get married to be able to…

Duncan Graham, Surabaya – Bureaucrats everywhere seem to be afflicted with the same handicap: They don't listen to advice from those they're…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Jakartans have seen floods before – the last major inundation was in 2002 – but they were surprised by the vast area…

Imron Rosyid, Solo – The families of activists abducted in 1997-1998 are calling on the House of Representatives (DPR) to summon President Susilo…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The name of West Irian Jaya will be changed to West Papua to match the preferences of local people, the…

M. Azis Tunny and Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Ambon/Jakarta – The conflicts in Ambon, Maluku and Poso in Central Sulawesi are linked by similar…

Jakarta – The World Bank has banned 40 Indonesian firms and 29 individuals from participating in its projects for between 1 and 5 years due to…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Squatting, a man stared intensely down at the water in front of him. Feeling a tug on his fishing line, he gave a…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The losses suffered by manufacturing firms due to the floods that have paralyzed the capital since last Friday may reach…

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – Policyholders whose homes, cars and other property were damaged by the floods over the past days may find themselves being…

Reporter: Emma Alberici

Mark Colvin: A witness at the inquest into the death of the newsman Brian Peters in East Timor in 1975 wept today,…

Dili – Hundreds of people protested Thursday over the decision to clear former prime minister Mari Alkatiri of allegations that he formed a hit…

Hamish McDonald – Former Indonesian information minister Yunus Yosfiah gunned down Channel Nine cameraman Brian Peters as he tried to surrender in…

Reporter: Emma Alberici

Mark Colvin: A witness to the deaths of five Australian journalists in Timor in 1975 told a court today that he'd…

Lindsay Murdoch – East Timor's former prime minister Mari Alkatiri intends to sue the ABC for defamation over an award-winning Four Corners…

Mark Dodd – Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has withdrawn plans to invoke a rarely used national-interest exemption clause to fast-…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The government is drafting a regulation that would likely shackle local political parties in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam…

Jakarta – While the number of non-governmental organizations has increased sharply since the collapse of the New Order, some question whether…

Aqida Swamurti/Sutarto, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights has said that it considers President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono knows…

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) believes that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has a great of information about the…

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is calling on the police not to distract the…

Jakarta – Aceh Governor-elect Irwandi Yusuf met Monday with Army chief of staff Gen. Djoko Santoso to seek support in leading the province.

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The problems of Indonesian migrant workers facing the death…

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – The government needs to speed up the distribution of HIV antiretroviral medicine throughout Indonesia to help people with…

Tangerang – Tangerang city administration should carefully monitor businesses that channel wastewater into the Cisadane River during…

The massive flooding in Jakarta over the past few days is further proof that crisis brings out the best in most people. It is comforting to know…

Sydney – An Indonesian military commander who later became a government minister opened fire on a group of Australian-based journalists killed in…

Mark Forbes, Jakarta, and Hamish McDonald, Sydney – A former Indonesian military commander has denied ordering the killings of five Australian…

Reporter: Geoff Thompson

Mark Colvin: The Coroner's Court in Sydney today was told that the former commander of the Indonesian Military,…

Mark Dodd – Prosecutors have dropped an investigation into allegations that former East Timorese prime minister Mari Alkatiri ordered a hit squad…

Ian McPhedran – At dawn on October 16, 1975, four young Australian-based journalists walked out of a house in Balibo, East Timor, with their arms…

Reporter: Emma Alberici

Eleanor Hall: The NSW Coroner's Court has today begun investigating just what happened to Sydney journalist Brian…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – East Timor's rebel leader, Major Alfredo Reinado, has agreed to surrender and face charges, including attempted murder,…

Mark Dodd and Nigel Wilson – East Timor's ruling Fretilin Party has threatened to withdraw from parliamentary elections unless they are held…

Hamish McDonald – If Canberra's defence and foreign affairs establishment thought Maureen Tolfree was going to give up, this was another…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Flip... flop... flip... flop... The sound of a man's sandals blended with the chattering of children in their pajamas…

Zakki Hakim, Jakarta – Horse-drawn carts rescued residents from flood-stricken districts in the Indonesian capital on Monday after flooding burst…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – As hundreds of thousands of Jakartans struggled with the cold and damp, officials on Saturday were quick to muster…

Tom Hyland – East Timor's Fretilin party, the dominant political force in one of the world's poorest nations, is pushing for lavish pensions and…

Lucy Bannerman and Richard Lloyd Parry – In the three decades since Brian Peters died during Indonesia's secret invasion of East Timor, his sister…

Jakarta – This year's dengue fever outbreak will be harder to manage than previous outbreaks due to significant increases in the total number of…